accessed

American  

[ak-sest] / ˈæk sɛst /

adjective

1. reached, contacted, entered, or visited.

   Lot 14 on Smoke Road is an easily accessed lot with great views, grass, and scattered trees.

   Your bibliography should include the URL of the accessed website.

2. obtained or made use of.

   She founded and ran one of the most accessed family counseling programs in the state.

3. Computers. (of data) retrieved for use by another program or application or for transfer from one part of a system to another.

   Data caching is a way of storing the most frequently accessed data in memory so it doesn’t need to be regenerated each time.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of access.

Other Word Forms

• unaccessed adjective

Etymology

Origin of accessed

First recorded in 1870–75; access ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; access ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Nearline storage is used for data that is not actively used, but that needs to be accessed quickly.

From MarketWatch

The DAT also has practical advantages, as it takes only two to four minutes to complete and can be accessed online by the general public.

From Science Daily

But details around what a deal might look like remain hazy, and the logistics around how the untapped resources there can be accessed are an open question.

From The Wall Street Journal

Twelve years ago, the FBI accessed the times of Rosen’s phone calls and two days of his emails as part of an investigation into his reporting on North Korean nuclear test plans.

From Salon

Foreign markets and proven investing strategies can be accessed with a few clicks.

From The Wall Street Journal